Some bases of a good kidney health

Olivier Clamaron
6 mai
12 min de lecture

https://www.olivierclamaron.com/post/some-bases-of-a-good-kidney-health

Sharing of 6 may 2025

I've never been personally concerned about kidney stones, but I found an interesting, comprehensive article on Jean-Pierre Willem's blog that discusses, among other things, potassium citrate for eliminating them, along with other integrative medicine methods related to water, nutrition, medications and dietary supplements, homeopathy, and gemmotherapy (plant bud extracts).

Everyone can draw inspiration from it. I gratefully decided to include it on my blog because these are central organs for human regeneration, a topic that interests me greatly.

Excerpts:

"The recipe that destroys kidney stones"

By restoring the body's acid-base balance, potassium citrate dissolves kidney stones.

It's well known that excess cereals, meat, dairy products, or alcohol significantly acidify the body.

The calcium in the bones is then mobilized to neutralize this acidity before being eliminated through the urine. There, it precipitates and forms small stones: calcium oxalate stones, which represent 80% of kidney stones.

We tested the effect of a dietary supplement designed to reduce the body's acidity: potassium citrate. Experience showed that this simple change reduced the frequency of kidney stones in 93% of patients and permanently resolved the problem in 68% of cases.

Potassium citrate is available as a dietary supplement, but you can also get significant amounts by eating a banana and two oranges every day!

"Dietary advice:

Drink low-mineral water. Minerals are not assimilated by the body. They clog the kidneys, and this overload blocks the elimination of toxins.

Remove dairy products and cheese. They alter the intestinal mucosa, which becomes porous and allows minerals (magnesium, calcium, potassium) to pass through. Furthermore, they block flavonoids and polyphenols."

He gives other specific advice in homeopathy:

phosphorus, arsenicum album, ammonium carbonicum, mercurius solubilis,

and in gemmotherapy, extracts of macerated buds of Ribes nigrum (blackcurrant), Cornus sanguinea, and Betula pubescens (birch).

These plants are known for their many active ingredients. You can find them here. In the same file on my website.

Pharmacopea Letters B-D ( french names)

https://www.olivierclamaron.com/copie-de-a-b-pharmacopee

Thanks to him.

The full article from October 6, 2015, is below:

https://association-biologique-internationale.com/échec-renale-chronique-eviter-la-dialyse-ou-la-greffe/

"Kidney failure is a reduction in the kidney's ability to filter the blood to remove waste and maintain the body's water and mineral balance (mainly sodium and potassium). The kidney also plays an essential role in balancing blood pressure, producing certain hormones essential for the absorption of calcium into bones (vitamin D), and producing red blood cells (erythropoietin). All acute or chronic kidney diseases can lead to chronic kidney failure.

FREQUENCY

This is an increasingly common problem, particularly due to the aging population. The number of new cases of patients reaching end-stage renal failure and requiring dialysis is approximately 5,000 each year.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

There is high blood pressure, signs of anemia (pallor, general fatigue, drop in blood pressure with malaise), weakening of the bones (osteomalacia), cramps and tingling in the hands and feet (calcium deficiency), as well as digestive problems (nausea and loss of appetite).

KIDNEY TESTING

Urea

0.12 to 0.42 g/L (NN: 2.6 to 8.3 mmol/L).

Urea is a substance produced by the liver that allows the elimination of nitrogenous waste from proteins. It is a waste product that is transported by the blood to the kidneys for elimination. Urea is thus increased in the event of high protein consumption (especially meat) in the diet, but also and especially if the kidneys are not functioning properly.

It becomes pathological when it exceeds 0.70 g/l. This increase is often accompanied by weight gain, increased blood pressure, and swelling, particularly in the legs.

Furthermore, if a person doesn't drink enough, they urinate less and therefore eliminate waste less effectively... hence, an increase in their urea. It is therefore very important to have a good daily fluid intake to eliminate all waste from the body.

Creatinine

5 to 12 mg/l (NN: 45 to 106 mmol/l). This is the serum creatinine level.

Creatinine is a substance that can be measured in the blood and urine. Creatinine is a substance produced by the muscles. Its level is a good indicator of kidney function, particularly its filtering capacity. Thus, creatinine levels increase when the kidneys are not functioning properly.

If the serum creatinine level is normal: this is functional renal failure, i.e., transient, which can be due to a lack of water intake when the person does not drink enough. This is the most common cause:

-an infection

-fluid and electrolyte disorders secondary to diarrhea or vomiting

-an obstruction in the urinary tract

-heart failure

-excessive protein intake (meat, fish, dairy products, etc.). Treating the cause will immediately resolve the hyperuremia.

If the serum creatinine level is higher than 12 mg/L, this is organic renal failure, i.e., kidney damage. Creatinine clearance will help assess the severity of this renal failure:

-If creatinine clearance is less than 30 ml/minute, the patient must be immediately hospitalized in a nephrology unit.

-If clearance is low but greater than 30 ml/min, the assessment must be supplemented with a complete renal assessment: proteinuria, HLM, urine culture, urine sediment screening, IVU, CT scan, MRI.

-If the diagnosis is still unclear, a renal biopsy should be performed.

BUN and creatinine levels are elevated in cases of renal failure. However, creatinine provides a more reliable result than BUN alone, as the latter can be elevated simply because the person is not drinking enough water. If renal failure is suspected, creatinine clearance should be measured.

Creatinine Clearance

75 à 126 ml/minute.

A diagnosis of kidney failure is always important to know. It naturally indicates poor kidney health (but a single healthy kidney is enough to do the job) and that it's important to protect them. But it also encourages extreme caution with medications. If medications are poorly eliminated by the kidneys, they will accumulate in the blood, reaching excessive blood levels (overdoses) that will lead to serious side effects.

If below 60: this is early chronic kidney disease (CKD),

If between 30 and 60: moderate CKD,

If between 15 and 30: severe CKD,

If below 15: advanced CKD.

Sodium/potassium pump

If between 30 and 60: Moderate CKD,

If between 15 and 30: Severe CKD,

If below 15: Advanced CKD.

Sodium/Potassium Pump

Potassium is very important because it is involved in the "sodium/potassium pump" within cells. Potassium allows sodium to exit the cell (intracellular environment) into the extracellular environment, when 2 K+ are exchanged for 3 Na+. This phenomenon produces energy for degradation (thanks to ATP, which becomes ADP) and helps maintain the electrochemical potential of the cell membrane. Nowadays, sodium (excessively present in the diet) is stored in the heart of the cell and promotes its aging. All the electric and magnetic fields that surround us also have a negative effect on this electrochemical potential and worsen this imbalance.

It is therefore necessary to provide more potassium in the diet and less sodium (salt).

Blood tests allow for diagnosis: accumulation of acidic waste (elevated urea and creatinine, blood acidosis), low calcium levels due to vitamin D deficiency. Calculating creatinine clearance quantifies the degree of impairment (< 10 ml/min: end-stage renal failure requiring dialysis).

PROGRESSION AND COMPLICATIONS

Progression occurs at a variable rate toward the end stage, which requires dialysis or a kidney transplant.

OFFICIAL TREATMENT

A diet is necessary: low salt and protein, elimination of potassium-rich foods (chocolate, fruit). Medications aim to correct symptoms related to renal dysfunction: antihypertensives, calcium, vitamin D, and synthetic erythropoietin (Eprex® or Recormon). In the terminal stage, peritoneal dialysis, hemodialysis or kidney transplantation will be used. The results of the latter are excellent, but its implementation is limited due to the lack of organ donors.

The various dialysis techniques certainly impose constraints, but most of the time allow for a near-normal life. Patient autonomy is acquired through education allowing dialysis at home or in local self-dialysis units. Many drugs are eliminated by the kidney and therefore require special precautions, including dose reduction, in people with kidney failure. Kidney transplant patients are therefore sometimes in delicate situations: if the doses of ciclosporin are high, the risk of natural rejection is lower but the risk of destruction of the new kidney by the drug is higher, and vice versa! A solution to this problem was discovered in the 1990s by Chinese researchers but it is unfortunately still rarely practiced. It simply involves accompanying the ciclosporin treatment with a little cordyceps. At a dose of 3 g per day, several studies have shown that transplant patients taking this combination had significantly fewer side effects due to cyclosporine, while experiencing less graft rejection. It even seems possible to reduce the doses of cyclosporine A to obtain the same effects. The benefits of cordyceps on transplants are not limited to the kidneys and extend to all types of transplants.

NATURAL TREATMENT

A mushroom: Cordyceps sinensis

Cordyceps is a fungus that parasitizes insect larvae. It is a fairly rare and highly sought-after species, but it can be cultivated. Cultures are carried out on a plant substrate and produce mushrooms that are quite effective from a therapeutic point of view. The wild mushroom is more effective, but rare and therefore very expensive.

Its therapeutic properties

Cordyceps sinensis stimulates phagocytosis—the destruction of germs by certain white blood cells—by 1.3 to 2.6 times depending on the concentration of the aqueous extract.

The stimulation of monocytes/macrophages and its anti-tumor properties on human cancer cells have been confirmed multiple times in the laboratory.

It strongly stimulates bone marrow and red blood cell multiplication.

Cordyceps is thought to act on the anatomical lesions that accompany kidney failure by slowing the uncontrolled multiplication of mesangium cells, a tissue present in the glomerulus, the part of the nephron that filters the blood. It also reduces the development of renal fibrosis lesions, which lead to the destruction of the organ's architecture. A series of studies have highlighted the mushroom's ability to reduce creatinine levels in the blood.

In these studies, the mushroom was administered in powder form.

Scientists also observed cordyceps' ability to reduce the amount of protein in the urine, another indicator of kidney dysfunction. Albumin, a major blood protein, tends to leak into the urine in chronic kidney disease and become depleted in the blood. Taking the mushroom, by counteracting this mechanism, helped maintain higher blood albumin levels. It also helped combat anemia, a symptom suffered by many patients with kidney failure, by increasing the amount of hemoglobin in the blood.

Ciclosporin, a drug used in kidney transplant patients, prevents transplant rejection. This advantage is offset by renal toxicity, which depends on the dose and duration of ciclosporin treatment. Cordyceps sinensis may protect against this nephrotoxicity.

Several companies market cordyceps, primarily in capsule form. One such company is Bio Champi. Typical dosages are two capsules per day, taken in the morning on an empty stomach. Tel: +33 2 47 65 37 59.

Renal fibrosis

Une majorité de séniors est atteinte de fibrose rénale qui évolue vers une insuffisance.

L’amygdaline inhibe la fibrose rénale dans l’insuffisance rénale chronique ; les chercheurs concluent qu’elle est un agent antifibrotique puissant pour les patients souffrant de maladies rénales fibrotiques (Mai 2013).

The Recipe That Destroys Kidney Stones

By restoring the body's acid-base balance, potassium citrate dissolves kidney stones.

It's well known that excess cereals, meat, dairy products, or alcohol significantly acidify the body. Bone calcium is then mobilized to neutralize this acidity before being eliminated through urine. There, it precipitates and forms small stones: calcium oxalate stones, which account for 80% of kidney stones. The effect of a dietary supplement designed to reduce the body's acidity: potassium citrate, was tested. Experience showed that this simple change reduced the frequency of kidney stones in 93% of patients and permanently resolved the problem in 68% of cases. Potassium citrate is available as a dietary supplement, but you can also get significant amounts by eating a banana and two oranges every day!

HOMEOPATHY

In severe cases of ascending nephropathy with associated renal failure, it may seem risky, at a time when renal cleansing has made spectacular progress, to talk about homeopathic therapy.

It is worth noting that homeopathy offers significant possibilities, as it can significantly delay the need for these exceptional therapies or prolong the lives of inoperable patients.

There are, in fact, medications whose basic substances toxicologically cause damage to the renal parenchyma.

It would be interesting, here again, for hospital departments to accept clinical trials of our remedies, which can often be powerful adjuncts to conventional therapy. This is the case for:

Phosphorus

This remedy is indicated for chronic renal failure with hemorrhagic tendencies: microscopic or macroscopic hematuria, retinal hemorrhages in Bright's disease, etc.

Prescribe 9 or 15 CH, five granules daily or every other day depending on the severity.

Arsenicum album

This remedy is indicated when chronic renal failure is accompanied by the general reactions characteristic of the remedy but also by a slight pale, white, cold edema.

Prescribe 9, 15, or 30 CH, daily or every other day depending on the homeopathic properties and the severity of the case.

Ammonium carbonicum

This remedy provides good results in chronic uremia at a dose of five 5 or 7 CH granules daily. Patients are generally limp, pale, infiltrated, and drowsy.

Homeopathy is very useful in helping to combat kidney failure, as there are no allopathic remedies for this condition. Don't forget to reduce your salt intake.

Mercurius solubilis

One of the best kidney medications. Indicated for all chronic kidney diseases (acute or chronic nephritis). In 7 CH, 3 granules twice daily.

Arsenicum album

Indicated for chronic renal failure with weight loss, chills, and weakness. Presence of albumin and a tendency toward generalized edema. Affects major organs: (oliguria, albumin, hematuria, nephritis), liver, and adrenal glands.

In 9 CH, 3 granules once daily or in 15 CH, 1 dose per week.

KIDNEY DRAINERS

RENIN: Organotherapeutic medication that effectively supports and protects kidney function in cases of kidney failure. In 4 CH, 1 to 3 drinkable ampoules per day.

BERBERIS: Kidney-protecting medication, particularly indicated when urine output is insufficient. Kidney or ureteral pain, rather left-sided, sharp, aggravated by the slightest jolt and sensitive to touch. In 4 CH, 3 granules 3 to 4 times a day.

SOLIDAGO: Indicated for renal and hepatic insufficiency. Pain in the costal-lumbar angles, predominantly on the right (BERBERIS on the left), with general improvement due to significant diuresis. For 4 CH, 3 granules 3 times daily or for D 1, 15 drops 3 times daily.

EQUISETUM ARVENSE: Dull, deep pain in the right renal region with a significant urge to urinate. Urine is abundant and clear or cloudy and dark (presence of blood in the urine). For 5 CH, 3 granules 3 times daily.

Most chemotherapies can be toxic to the kidneys, particularly cisplatin, ifosfamide (Holoxan®), high-dose cyclophosphamide (Endoxan®), and bevacizumab (Avastin®). Hyperhydration and kidney protectors will then be prescribed by the oncologist at the same time as chemotherapy.

Harmful effects of refined salt

Today's excessive salt intake is also harmful to kidney function in general, particularly for those with kidney failure, as the increased filtered volume can cause and accelerate damage to the glomeruli.Finally, sodium and calcium intake are positively associated with the appearance and formation of urinary stones.

The optimal physiological intake is around 2 to 4 g per day, with a minimum vital threshold of 0.5 g. The diet in industrialized countries, including France, provides an average of 10 to 12 g per day, which is between 5 and 10 times more than the necessary and useful dose for which our bodies are programmed.

SYMBIOSAL, an innovative dietary formula

It is composed of a special form of chitosan, a natural biopolymer derived from crustacean shells. Developed using an original process, this added chitosan binds to the chlorine molecule in salt and neutralizes it, thus interfering with the sodium-chlorine molecular bond.

SYMBIOSAL is hypotensive, anti-atheromatous, anti-edematous and water-balancing, promoting the work of the heart and kidneys, reducing calcium leakage and osteoporosis!

Kito HFP: 2 capsules morning, noon, and evening for 3 months.

Dietary supplement that "repairs" most damaged tissues.

Both at Han Biotech Laboratory (Tel: +33 3 88 23 58 31)

Gemmotherapy

Morning: 50 drops + water Ribes Nigrum, bg. mac. glyc. 1D, one 125 ml bottle

Lunch: 50 drops + water Cornus sanguinea, bg. mac. glyc. 1D, one 125 ml bottle

Evening: 50 drops + water Betula pubescens (or vaccinium vitis idaea)

Paliure (Rhamnus paliurus), also known as "Bishop's Hat" or "Bishop's Thorn." This small shrub of the Rhamnaceae family is prized for its diuretic properties.

Paliure, especially the fruit, contains numerous therapeutic properties. It promotes the elimination of uric acid and urea thanks to the rutoside it contains. It is a very effective remedy for regulating blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Paliure has demonstrated its benefits in the treatment of hypertension. Furthermore, people suffering from metabolic diseases, such as gout and arthritis, will also regain their health by regularly taking a good dose of paliure decoction.

To prepare a decoction of Rhamnus paliurus fruit, steep one tablespoon of the plant's fruit powder in a cup of water. Let the mixture boil for minutes. Drink 2 to 3 cups throughout the day.

Or Rhamnus paliurus tincture: 30 drops twice a day. For 1 month, repeat.

Dietary Advice:

Drink low-mineral water. Minerals are not assimilated by the body. They clog the kidneys, and this overload blocks the elimination of toxins.

Remove dairy products and cheese. They alter the intestinal mucosa, which becomes porous and allows minerals (magnesium, calcium, potassium) to pass through. They also block flavonoids and polyphenols.

Thank you for your attention. Happy regeneration and good prevention to you all.

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